Lot 71196 – 1893 (Nov) Envelope from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu to his wife in Germany, routed via his agents in Bombay

1893 (Nov) Envelope from the Gustav Denhardt correspondence from Lamu to his wife in Germany, reverse with his Lamu commercial cachet, routed via his agents in Bombay with India 1892-97 2a6p pair tied by agent’s cachet and Bombay squared circles, reverse with Sea Post Office transit and Zeitz arrival cds, fine, ex Krieger.

Note: G. Denhardt & Co. operated a German trading company in Lamu on land at the mouth of the Tana river, formerly part of the German protectorate of Wituland. He will have been very aware of the mailboat schedules from East Africa nad has sent this cover by freighter to his agents in Bombay to catch the P&O SS « Rome » which sale from Brindisi on 18th November and docked there on 1st December. The alternative service per SS « Admiral » from Zanzibar would not have reached Hamburg until 24th December.